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First-Round Receiver for Packers? Latest NFL Draft Betting Odds

With the start of the 2025 NFL Draft just hours away, here are the latest Packers-based betting odds.

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A general overall view of the 2025 NFL Draft stage at Lambeau Field.
A general overall view of the 2025 NFL Draft stage at Lambeau Field. / Kirby Lee-Imagn Images
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GREEN BAY, Wis. – Will the Green Bay Packers use their first-round pick on a receiver?

Don’t bet on it.

There is consensus among the major sportsbooks on the position at which the Packers will use their first draft pick. At FanDuel as well as DraftKings, defensive line (which includes edge rusher) is the favorite, followed by cornerback and receiver.

By implied probability, there is a 25.0 percent chance the Packers will pick a receiver first, according to DraftKings’ odds.

At FanDuel, receiver as Green Bay’s first pick has become less likely, moving from +430 earlier this month to +470 on Draft Day.

Here are the first-position odds at FanDuel Sportsbook:

Defensive Lineman/Edge: +115 (was +185 on April 4)

Cornerback: +145 (was +170)

Wide Receiver: +470 (was +430)

Offensive Lineman: +1000 (was +470)

Linebacker: +3000 (was +2900)

Safety: +4900 (was +5000)

Here are the first-position odds at DraftKings Sportsbook:

Defensive Lineman/Edge: +125 (was +150)

Cornerback: +160 (was +160)

Wide Receiver: +300 (was +330)

Offensive lineman: +700 (was +380)

Linebacker: +3500 (was +3500)

Tight End, Safety: +5000 (was +3500)

Running Back: +7500 (was +7000)

Quarterback, Kicker/Punter/Long Snapper: +25000 (was +25000)

For players who have been linked to the Packers through draft visits or frequent mocking, here are the over/unders on their draft position.

Georgia edge Mykel Williams: 10.5 at FanDuel; 12.5 at DraftKings.

Arizona WR Tetairoa McMillan: 12.5 at FanDuel.

Texas A&M edge Shemar Stewart: 15.5 at FanDuel.

Texas CB Jahdae Barron: 17.5 at FanDuel; 18.5 at DraftKings.

Texas WR Matthew Golden: 18.5 at FanDuel; 17.5 at DraftKings.

Michigan CB Will Johnson: 24.5 at FanDuel.

Ohio State WR Emeka Egbuka: 26.5 at FanDuel; 29.5 at DraftKings.

For first receiver drafted after Travis Hunter, McMillan is the favorite at FanDuel, followed by Golden and Egbuka. Luther Burden III and Jayden Higgins are well back in the pack. McMillan opened as the strong favorite and that continues to be the case.

At BetMGM, the Cowboys are the favorites to land McMillan with the Packers having the sixth-longest odds.

For first cornerback drafted after Hunter, Barron is the favorite at DraftKings, followed by Johnson, Maxwell Hairston, Shavon Revel and Trey Amos.

NFL Draft betting is a loser for sportsbooks, according to Yahoo’s Ben Fawkes.

“The draft has never been an easy proposition to book because it doesn’t rely on power ratings,” Johnny Avello, sportsbook director at DraftKings, told Fawkes. “It isn’t this team versus this team, factor in home-field advantage, etc. It’s all about information.”

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Bill Huber, who has covered the Green Bay Packers since 2008, is the publisher of Packers On SI, a Sports Illustrated channel. E-mail: packwriter2002@yahoo.com History: Huber took over Packer Central in August 2019. Twitter: https://twitter.com/BillHuberNFL Background: Huber graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, where he played on the football team, in 1995. He worked in newspapers in Reedsburg, Wisconsin Dells and Shawano before working at The Green Bay News-Chronicle and Green Bay Press-Gazette from 1998 through 2008. With The News-Chronicle, he won several awards for his commentaries and page design. In 2008, he took over as editor of Packer Report Magazine, which was founded by Hall of Fame linebacker Ray Nitschke, and PackerReport.com. In 2019, he took over the new Sports Illustrated site Packer Central, which he has grown into one of the largest sites in the Sports Illustrated Media Group.